Lot
167

A KINGFISHER-FEATHER AND INLAID-WOOD SCREEN

19TH CENTURY

A KINGFISHER-FEATHER AND INLAID-WOOD SCREEN
19th Century
The rectangular panel delicately crafted in kingfisher and other feathers, silk and polychrome ivory in high and low relief with a theatrical battle scene before pavilions and trees, the wood stand enclosing a lower glazed panel with a bird and rocks and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, some losses to wood inlay
28¾in. (73cm.) high overall

Provenance

Sir John Roger, presented by the Empress of China
Lady Holland, presented by Mr. Rice, the American Ambassador
Arthur Kay, H.R.S.A.